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Hardening positions over IEBC bad for country

Not for the first time, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Ahmed Issack Hassan has threatened to bar the Opposition from participating in next year’s elections.

The latest threat is informed by the protest rallies organised by the Opposition to compel current IEBC commissioners, including Mr Hassan, to leave office ahead of the 2017 elections. They have raised integrity and impartiality issues about the elections officials.

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